From: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org>
To: Richard Earnshaw <Richard.Earnshaw@foss.arm.com>,
Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>,
Binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>
Cc: "gdb@sourceware.org" <gdb@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Adding a SECURITY.md document to the Binutils
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:13:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0654c4e0-e1d0-760d-c7e6-e79675bc03a7@gotplt.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5f5c6b67-ecb3-7bae-8ff3-eca91279605e@foss.arm.com>
On 2023-04-14 08:49, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
>
>
> On 14/04/2023 13:43, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
>> They key is in what a project can feasibly guarantee and IMO the
>> binutils project is not in a position to guarantee this level of
>> security. By putting this into SECURITY.md, we'll be signing
>> ourselves (and downstream maintainers) up for much more than they can
>> handle.
>
> No, that's covered by the warranty: GNU tools come with no warranty ...
>
> What it is about is what we would do if such a vulnerability were
> discovered.
It's not about what we would do if a vulnerability were discovered. It
is about:
1. What is considered a security issue; this ties into contexts in which
binutils tools can be used safely.
2. How users can report bugs they think may have security consequences.
Sid
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2023-04-11 19:45 ` Ian Lance Taylor via Gdb
2023-04-12 16:02 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-12 16:26 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-12 16:52 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-12 16:58 ` Paul Koning via Gdb
2023-04-12 17:10 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 3:51 ` Alan Modra via Gdb
2023-04-13 4:25 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 5:16 ` Alan Modra via Gdb
2023-04-13 12:00 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 10:25 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-13 11:53 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 12:37 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-13 12:54 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 13:11 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-13 13:35 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 13:40 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-13 13:56 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 14:50 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-13 15:02 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 15:05 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-13 16:42 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-14 9:52 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-14 12:43 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-14 12:49 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
2023-04-14 13:13 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar [this message]
2023-04-13 15:08 ` Paul Koning via Gdb
2023-04-13 16:02 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 16:49 ` Paul Koning via Gdb
2023-04-13 17:00 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 17:05 ` Paul Koning via Gdb
2023-04-13 17:29 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-13 17:37 ` Paul Koning via Gdb
2023-04-13 18:16 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-14 17:37 ` Ian Lance Taylor via Gdb
2023-04-14 18:27 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-14 20:46 ` Ian Lance Taylor via Gdb
2023-04-14 21:24 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2023-04-17 15:31 ` Michael Matz via Gdb
2023-04-17 19:55 ` Ian Lance Taylor via Gdb
2023-04-14 19:45 ` DJ Delorie via Gdb
2023-04-14 20:49 ` Ian Lance Taylor via Gdb
2023-04-15 6:41 ` Xi Ruoyao via Gdb
2023-04-13 16:06 ` Richard Earnshaw via Gdb
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